Tag: environmental rights

Here’s why and how to advocate for a genuine regional instrument on environmental rights that protects all of us. #ASEANEnvironmentalRights

This video is the second out of three in our #ASEANEnvironmentalRights explainer series.

Today, on International Human Rights Day 2024, we environmental human rights defenders and concerned civil society have come together to firmly call: STAND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS! FIGHT JUDICIAL HARASSMENT AND MILITARIZATION!

Learn more about the ongoing process of the first-ever regional instrument on environmental rights in Southeast Asia through the first video of the #ASEANEnvironmentalRights series.

Civil society groups are concerned about the pressing environmental degradation and destruction in the ASEAN region that infringes on both human and environmental rights. It is imperative that ASEAN member states (AMS) take strong, coordinated action to address these impacts effectively. Central to this effort is the need to protect and support environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) and indigenous peoples, who are on the front lines of defending our environment but face substantial risks and threats in their efforts.

We civil society organizations and individuals call for strong action and engagement on environmental rights for the ASEAN region, particularly in the ongoing development of the ASEAN environmental rights framework.

Today, civil society groups in ASEAN call for action and engagement on environmental rights. The ASEAN Environmental Rights Working Group (AER Working Group) has released a draft declaration on environmental rights for stakeholder consultation until the end of April. Submissions from the public can be made via Environmental Rights or through UNESCAP. Call to action […]

All you need to know about the ongoing process of drafting an ASEAN Environmental Rights Framework.

The Asia Pacific Network on Environmental Defenders (APNED) will be holding a civil society consultation on the consultation document on the ASEAN environmental rights on March 22, 2024 at 1:00PM-4:00PM (Philippines/Singapore time) via Zoom (Register HERE). It is an effort of APNED as a platform of environmental human rights defenders to ensure civil society participation in […]

This publication aims to shed light on the relationship between the drivers of environmental degradation, climate crisis, and human rights violations against environmental and climate defenders. It will analyze the situation of EHRDs in Southeast Asia and illustrate their pivotal role in protecting environmental and human rights. It examines trends in attacks on EHRDs within the last ten years (2012–2022), specifically those relating to climate change, through aggregate data of individual cases gathered from secondary sources. The countries included in this study are Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand, some of the most climate-vulnerable countries and countries with the highest number of killings of EHRDs. It also highlights stories from these countries for in-depth discussion and analysis. Finally, it concludes that addressing the climate crisis in Southeast Asia entails urgent and comprehensive efforts to protect environmental defenders.